Advice

Expert advice to help you get the most out of stargazing, from DIY projects to practical astronomy tips.

Solar Eclipse in Wyoming by Luigi Fiorentino, Casper, Wyoming, US. Equipment: TS 72mm APO, Canon 650D, telextender Canon 1.4 Mark III.

How to see the total solar eclipse on 8 April 2024

Make a solar projection screen diy guide

How to make a solar projection screen

Altair Wave Series 130EDT-F F7 apo refractor dew shield

How to calculate and alter a telescope’s magnification

Person looking through the eyepiece of a reflector telescope. Photo By Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Eye relief explained

Celestron 90° Dielectric Star Mirror Diagonal

Erecting prisms for telescopes explained

RGB. Credit: Mikroman6 / Getty Images

What are RGB filters used for?

Chart showing the locations of Mars, Venus and the Beehive Cluster in June 2023. Credit: Pete Lawrence

See Mars, Venus and the Beehive Cluster together in the evening sky this month

After greatest eastern elongation on 4 June, follow Venus’s journey to become a thin crescent – but take care as it nears the Sun. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Follow daytime Venus as it reaches 50%-lit phase then shrinks

Our Andromeda Galaxy image after using Siril’s ‘Image processing’ suite for common processing steps like enhancing the background and bringing out the galaxy’s ‘true’ colour.

Astrophotography guides

How to use Siril free software to process your DSLR astro images

A sequence of close-ups of an NLC rift structure. Subtle changes in the clouds look dramatic once animated and speeded up. Credit: Pete Lawrence

Astrophotography guides

How to photograph and record the motion of noctilucent clouds

Noctilucent clouds. Credit: Meindert van der Haven/istock/getty images

Noctilucent clouds What they are and how to see them

Noctilucent clouds. Credit: Adrien Mauduit

Astrophotography

How to capture and process images of noctilucent clouds

A pair of binoculars may be all you need to get started in astronomy. Credit: VW Pics / Contributor / Getty Images

6 things to see in the night sky with binoculars, June 2023

NGC 6210, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: Credit: Robert Rubin and Christopher Ortiz (NASA/ESA Ames Research Center), Patrick Harrington and Nancy Jo Lame (University of Maryland), Reginald Dufour (Rice University), and NASA/ESA

6 planetary nebulae to spot in the summer

What to see in the night sky tonight. Credit: Carlos Fernandez / Getty Images

Stargazing What to see in the night sky this month